French Proverbs

French Proverbs

A rich man has more relatives than he knows about.

A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl.

All good women are in the graveyard.

Better die a beggar than live as a miser.

Better to be seen alone than in bad company.

Don't find fault with what you don't understand.

Don't try to fly before you have wings.

Every woman needs two men ..one to be married to and the other to compare.

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.

He who has daughters is always a shepherd

If you want to understand men, study women.

It is more difficult for beautiful women to stay chaste.

It is only idle people who can find time for everything.

Laziness is often mistaken for patience.

Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.

Mistrust is the mother of certainty.

Never trust a woman who mentions her virtue.

People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Silence is the soul of all things.

The beauty of a woman does not make a man richer.

The devil is not always at a poor man's door.

The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing.

To make a happy couple, the husband must be deaf and the wife blind.

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.

When a thing is done, advice comes too late.

Where the woman goes the devil follows.